Professor Caitlin Buck
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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Prof Buck has a BSc in Archaeological Science (1987, Bradford) and a PhD in Statistics (1994, Nottingham). Her research interests lie in the applications of Bayesian statistics to archaeology and palaeoenvironmental science. She is best known for her seminal work in Bayesian radiocarbon dating which is widely held to have revolutionised archaeological chronology construction.
- Research interests
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Drawing on experience in archaeology, palaeoenvironmental science and Bayesian statistics, Prof Buck works with teams of other experts from a range of fields to develop statistical models, methods and software. Previous and current work includes:
- analysis of field survey data from Britain and Greece.
- provenancing archaeological ceramics via multivariate chemical compositional data.
- calibration and interpretation of radiocarbon determinations.
- developing models and methods for estimating radiocarbon calibration curves.
- modelling relative archaeological chronologies (seriation).
- analysis of the structure of prehistoric corbelled domes.
- Bayesian tephrochronology.
- Bayesian approaches to palaeoclimate reconstruction.
- models for the (re-)colonisation of landscapes in response to past climate change.
- models for ice cores and lake/ocean sediments.
- graphical theoretic approaches to describing and analysing archaeological stratigraphy.
- Publications
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Featured publications
Books
Journal articles
- . Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C: Applied Statistics.
- . Journal of Archaeological Science, 153.
- . Advances in Archaeological Practice, 10(4), 397-413.
- . WIRES Computational Statistics, 10(5).
- . The Holocene, 26(7), 1092-1102.
- . Geology, 42(10), 875-878.
- . Journal of Ecology, 102(1), 256-267.
- . Radiocarbon, 55(4), 1869-1887.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 30(21-22), 2961-2975.
- . QUATERNARY SCI REV, 27(19-20), 1872-1885.
- . BAYESIAN ANAL, 3(2), 225-248.
- . QUATERNARY SCI REV, 26(17-18), 2031-2035.
- Formal statistical models for estimating radiocarbon calibration curves. RADIOCARBON, 46(3), 1093-1102.
All publications
Books
- . John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Tools for Constructing Chronologies: crossing disciplinary boundaries. London: Springer-Verlag.
- . Springer London.
- U.K. Chapter of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology: Proceedings of the Fourth Meeting, Cardiff University, 27 and 28 February 1999. Oxford: Archaeopress, British Archaeological Reports, International Series 844.
- The Bayesian Approach to Interpreting Archaeological Data. Chichester: Wiley.
- The Bayesian approach to the interpretation of archaeological data.
Journal articles
- . Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C: Applied Statistics.
- . Journal of Archaeological Science, 153.
- . Advances in Archaeological Practice, 10(4), 397-413.
- . Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 40(A).
- . Archaeometry.
- . WIRES Computational Statistics, 10(5).
- . The Holocene, 26(7), 1092-1102.
- . Journal of Archaeological Science, 63, 84-93.
- . World Archaeology, 47(4), 567-584.
- . Geology, 42(10), 875-878.
- . Past Global Changes Magazine, 22(2), 104-104.
- . Journal of Ecology, 102(1), 256-267.
- Age models, chronologies, and databases workshop, Belfast, UK, 13-16 January 2014. PAGES Magazine, 22, 104-104.
- . Radiocarbon, 55(4), 1869-1887.
- . RADIOCARBON, 55(4), 1923-1945.
- . Radiocarbon, 55(4), 1889-1903.
- . Radiocarbon, 55(4), 1905-1922.
- Network-based spatial-temporal modelling of the first arrival of prehistoric agriculture: a case study of the UK and Ireland. Bayesian Analysis.
- A review of statistical chronology models for high-resolution, proxy-based Holocene palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. Quaternary Science Reviews.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 30(21-22), 2948-2960.
- . Quaternary Science Reviews, 30(21-22), 2961-2975.
- Bayesian Glaciological Modelling to quantify uncertainties in ice core chronologies. Quaternary Science Reviews.
- Chronology construction for Holocene climate reconstruction. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30, 2948-2960.
- INTCAL09 AND MARINE09 RADIOCARBON AGE CALIBRATION CURVES, 0-50,000 YEARS CAL BP. RADIOCARBON, 51(4), 1111-1150.
- A BAYESIAN APPROACH TO THE ESTIMATION OF RADIOCARBON CALIBRATION CURVES: THE INTCAL09 METHODOLOGY. RADIOCARBON, 51(4), 1151-1164.
- . QUATERNARY SCI REV, 27(19-20), 1872-1885.
- . BAYESIAN ANAL, 3(2), 225-248.
- . BAYESIAN ANAL, 3(2), 263-268.
- Rejoinder to discussion of 鈥淓stimating radiocarbon calibration curves鈥. Bayesian Analysis, 3, 263-268.
- . QUATERNARY SCI REV, 26(17-18), 2031-2035.
- Out of asia. Planet Earth(WINTER), 22-23.
- Developments in radiocarbon calibration for archaeology. ANTIQUITY, 80(310), 783-798.
- . QUATERNARY SCI REV, 25(7-8), 855-862.
- Bayesian palaeoclimate reconstruction - Discussion on the paper by Haslett et al.. J ROY STAT SOC A STA, 169, 430-438.
- . QUATERNARY SCI REV, 25(5-6), 408-413.
- Bayesian nonparametric estimation of the radiocarbon calibration curve. BAYESIAN ANAL, 1(2), 265-288.
- Bayesian non-parametric estimation of the calibration curve for radiocarbon dating. Bayesian Analysis, 1, 265-288.
- Comment on 鈥淩adiocarbon Calibration Curve Spanning 0 to 50,000 Years B.P. Based on Paired 230Th/234U/238U and 14C Dates on Pristine Corals鈥 by R.G. Fairbanks, R. A. Mortlock, T.-C. Chiu, L. Cao, A. Kaplan, T. P. Guilderson, T. W. Fairbanks, A. L. Bloom, P. M. Grootes, and M.-J. Nadeau and 鈥淓xtending The Radiocarbon Calibration Beyond 26,000 Years Before Present Using Fossil Corals鈥 by T.-C. Chiu, R. G. Fairbanks, R. A. Mortlock, and A. L. Bloom. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25, 855-862.
- Contribution to the discussion of 鈥淏ayesian palaeoclimate reconstruction鈥 by Haslett et al.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 169, 430-431.
- IntCal and the future of radiocarbon calibration. PAGES Magazine, 14, 9-10.
- Formal statistical models for estimating radiocarbon calibration curves. RADIOCARBON, 46(3), 1093-1102.
- NotCal04 - Comparison/calibration C-14 records 26-50 cal kyr BP. RADIOCARBON, 46(3), 1225-1238.
- Marine04 marine radiocarbon age calibration, 0-26 cal kyr BP. RADIOCARBON, 46(3), 1059-1086.
- SHCal04 Southern Hemisphere calibration, 0-11.0 cal kyr BP. RADIOCARBON, 46(3), 1087-1092.
- IntCal04 terrestrial radiocarbon age calibration, 0-26 cal kyr BP. RADIOCARBON, 46(3), 1029-1058.
- . HOLOCENE, 13(5), 639-647.
- The Late Glacial human reoccupation of north-western Europe: new approaches to space-time modelling. ANTIQUITY, 77(296), 232-240.
- Preliminary report of the first workshop of the IntCal04 radiocarbon calibration/comparison working group. RADIOCARBON, 44(3), 653-661.
- The 91直播 Statistics MSc goes DL. MSOR Connections, 2, 69-75.
- Archaeological chronology building: an archaeostatistician鈥檚 tale. Student, 4, 43-59.
- Bayesian models for relative archaeological chronology building. Applied Statistics, 49, 423-440.
- BCal: an on-line Bayesian radiocarbon calibration tool. Internet Archaeology, 7.
- . Latin American Antiquity, 9(2), 160-179.
- The integration of archaeological phase information and radiocarbon results from the Jama River Valley, Ecuador: a Bayesian approach. Latin American Antiquity, 9, 135-159.
- Sample selection in radiocarbon dating. Applied Statistics, 47(4), 543-557.
- A novel approach to selecting samples for radiocarbon dating. Journal of Archaeological Science, 25(4), 303-310.
- Making the most of radiocarbon dating: some statistical considerations. Antiquity, 68(259), 252-263.
- The Bayesian approach to archaeological data analysis: an application of change-point analysis to prehistoric domes. Archeologia e Calcolatori, 5, 53-69.
- A case study in combining radiocarbon and archaeological information: the early Bronze Age settlement of St. Veit-Klinglberg, Land Salzburg, Austria. Germania, 72, 427-447.
- Estimating the duration of archaeological activity using $^14$C determinations. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 13(2), 229-240.
- . Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Methodological), 55(1), 53-102.
- Detecting a change in the shape of a prehistoric corbelled tomb. The Statistician, 42, 483-490.
- Contribution to the discussion of 鈥淭he Gibbs sampler and other Markov Chain-Monte Carlo methods鈥 by Clifford, P; Jennison, C; Wakefield, J; et al.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B, 55, 53-102.
- Calibration of radiocarbon results pertaining to related archaeological events. Journal of Archaeological Science, 19, 497-512.
- Combining archaeological and radiocarbon information: a Bayesian approach to calibration. Antiquity, 65, 808-821.
- . Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 10(3-4), 92-95.
- The interpretation of noisy data from archaeological field survey: phosphate analysis. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 10(3/4), 92-95.
- Bayesian radiocarbon modelling for beginners. Archaeometry.
Chapters
- Modelizaci贸n bayesiana de radiocarbono para principiantes In Barcel贸 JA & Morell B (Ed.), Cronom茅tricos en Historia y Arqueolog铆a (pp. 293-鈥310). Madrid: Dextra Editorial.
- , Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics (pp. 175-182). Springer International Publishing
- Bayesian chronological data interpretation: where now? In Buck CE & Millard AR (Ed.), Tools for Constructing Chronologies: crossing disciplinary boundaries (pp. 1-24). London: Springer-Verlag.
- Preface: towards integrated thinking in chronology building In Buck CE & Millard AR (Ed.), Tools for Constructing Chronologies: crossing disciplinary boundaries London: Springer-Verlag.
- Applications of the Bayesian statistical paradigm In Brothwell DR & Pollard AM (Ed.), Handbook of Archaeological Sciences (pp. 695-702). Chichester: Wiley.
- Data handling and statistical analysis In Ciliberto E & Spoto G (Ed.), Modern Analytical Methods in Art and Archaeology (pp. 681-746). New York: Wiley.
- A Bayesian calibration of radiocarbon determinations from the Pearl Harbor Fishpounds, Hawai鈥檌 In Athens JS (Ed.), Ancient Hawaiian Fishponds of Pearl Harbor; archaeological studies on U. S. Navy Lands, Hawai鈥檌 Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program, Project Number 1729
- Archaeology, statistics in In Kotz S (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Update Volume 3 (pp. 6-11). New York: Wiley.
- Bayesian statistics for archaeology In Gaul W & Locarek-Junge H (Ed.), Classification in the Information Age (pp. 547-554). Springer
- An archaeological example: radiocarbon dating In W. Gilks SR & Spiegelhalter D (Ed.), Markov Chain Monte Carlo in Practice (pp. 465-480). London: Chapman and Hall.
- Mixtures, Bayes and Archaeology In Bernardo JM, Berger JO, Dawid AP & Smith AFM (Ed.), Valencia 5 (pp. 499-506). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- The radiocarbon chronology: further consideration of the Danebury dataset In Cunliffe B (Ed.), Danebury: an iron age hillfort in Hampshire, Volume 6, A hillfort community in Hampshire (pp. 130-136). Council for British Archaeology, Report Number 102
- The composition of the mirrors In Nicholls RV (Ed.), Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum: Great Britain 2 (pp. Appendix-Appendix). Cambridge University Press
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. i-xiii). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 322-323). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 313-321). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 223-226). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 193-216). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 179-192). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 25-31). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 121-151). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 97-119). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 307-312). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 1-24). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 161-177). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 217-222). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 33-59). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 153-160). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 61-96). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 227-265). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- , Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 267-306). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- A Bayesian reanalysis of the S2age database
Conference proceedings papers
- Towards BCal: an on-line Bayesian radiocarbon calibration facility. Actes du 3猫me colloque C14 et Arch茅ologie, Lyon, 6-10 Avril 1998 (pp 113-117). M茅moires de la Soci茅t茅 Fran莽aise Tome 26 et Suppl茅ment de la Revue d鈥橝rch茅om茅trie
- Radiocarbon dating: problem definition and sample selection. Science and Site (pp 1-11)
- Applications of the Bayesian paradigm to archaeological data analysis. Actes du XIIe Congr茅s International des Sciences Pr茅historiques et Protohistoriques, Part I (pp 367-374)
- The provenancing of archaeological ceramics: a Bayesian approach. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, 1992 (pp 293-301). Aarhus
- Tools for the interpretation of soil phosphate data from archaeological field surveys. Geoprospection in the Archaeological Landscape (pp 75-87). Oxford
- A computational Bayes approach to some common archaeological problems. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, 1990 (pp 93-100)
- Image segmentation methods for archaeological field survey data. New Tools from Mathematical Archaeology (pp 55-68). Warsaw, Poland
- Image segmentation techniques for archaeological geochemical data. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, 1989 (pp 121-131)
- The spatial analysis of site phosphate data. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, 1988 (pp 151-160)
Preprints
- Research group
- Grants
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Current grants, as Principal Investigator
Heritage Data Analytics: Sustainable strategies for large and complex stratigraphic and chronometric data AHRC Past grants, as Principal Investigator Uncertainty in Palaeoclimate International Network Leverhulme Statistical Support for BAS Palaeoclimate Studies BAS NERC Past grants, as Coinvestigator
The future of the past: A robust framework for the upgrade and development of the international radiocarbon calibration/comparison curves (IntCal) NERC NERC
- Teaching activities
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MAS106 Mathematics Core MAS2001 Mathematics Core II MAS6041 Dissertation